Snickerdoodles hold a special place in my heart. They were the first cookie I learned how to bake. I can still see the page of the old Better Homes and Garden red and white cookbook that I pulled out hundreds of times to bake from (in part because I still have the cookbook :)).

First, I noticed some gnaw marks in the pumpkins in our yard. Then gouges. Then HOLES in the pumpkins that just kept getting bigger. Either the zombie in the front yard was really hungry, or the damn squirrels were eating my pumpkins.